Sporting Gun

A case for Constable Corbett

VINTAGE

When cataloguing some items for auction, a fair amount of detective work is required.

Take these pistols pictured here. They are signed ‘M Smith’ and cased, but the case appears to be for a much longer-barrelled pair. These guns are of the so-called ‘heavy overcoat type’, a style much favoured by the constabulary and the coastguard for that matter but are of much

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